Rick Campbell <rick(a)campbellcentral.org&gt; writes: I am referring to the incident when NeXT created an ObjC backend for Gcc and wanted to distribute binaries only. FSF threatened to sue, and NeXT gave in, apparently because their lawyers informed them that they would lose the lawsuit. As a result, Gcc now supports ObjC. Although this incident is in no way equivalent to being tested in court, I consider it a compliment to the legal strength of the GPL. This is also how I envision an argument between FSF and Microsoft -- noone goes to court unless they feel they can win. There's nothing to argue against. I'm just describing what happened in a real-life case when GPL was threatened by a corporation. I concede that with Microsoft things could turn out for the worse. Maybe. I don't know. -- Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia --------------------------------+-------------------------------- Call CIA and tell them that you have placed a bomb in a 7-11 shop! Be sure to let them trace you. Spend 10 years in jail and then regret it.